Yardbarker: Randy Wolfhttp://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/players/randy_wolf/844
Recent articles about Randy Wolfen-usOrioles Throw Spaghetti, End Up With Randy WolfWhile the Orioles bullpen has continued to keep them in the playoff race, the Orioles rotation has been a bit of a patchwork job all year long, and so today, they’ve reportedly signed a new patch named Randy Wolf.
While you can perhaps make a case for a change-of-scenery helping give players a fresh start, it’s hard to imagine Wolf is going to be anything besides a bad pitcher in the AL East, however. Here are Wolf’s numbers relative to league average from each of the last three seasons.
2010: 105 ERA-/122 FIP-/118 xFIP-
2011: 98 ERA-/113 FIP-/116 xFIP-
2012: 145 ERA-/122 FIP-/113 xFIP-
As is often the case, Wolf’s results have jummped around a bit despite his overall profile not changing much, as his walk rate, strikeout rate, and groundball rate are all pretty close to his career norms this year. However, after a couple of years of outperforming his peripherals due to hits on balls in play and runner stranding, he’s now gone the other way this year, getting victimized by those two 28 Aug 2012 15:44:21 -0400http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/orioles_throw_spaghetti_end_up_with_randy_wolf/s1_8637_11571133
http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/orioles_throw_spaghetti_end_up_with_randy_wolf/s1_8637_11571133Orioles Throw Spaghetti, End Up With Randy Wolfhttp://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/orioles_throw_spaghetti_end_up_with_randy_wolf/s1_8637_11571133http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.pngBernie Brewer wishes Randy Wolf happy birthday, pitcher released shortly afterYou know how beleaguered coaches dread receiving a “vote of confidence” from a team’s owner in the press after the media has been stalking the coach like a wounded animal, soon to be put out of its misery? And more often than not, the so-called vote of confidence is merely a stalling tactic until the owner [...]22 Aug 2012 15:30:14 -0400http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/bernie_brewer_wishes_randy_wolf_happy_birthday_pitcher_released_shortly_after/s1_8061_11523019
http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/bernie_brewer_wishes_randy_wolf_happy_birthday_pitcher_released_shortly_after/s1_8061_11523019Bernie Brewer wishes Randy Wolf happy birthday, pitcher released shortly afterhttp://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/bernie_brewer_wishes_randy_wolf_happy_birthday_pitcher_released_shortly_after/s1_8061_11523019http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png